China Culture Facts

China is a country that will leave you spellbound with its alluring contrasts and striking features in all that it beholds! Its captivating beauty lies in its 'unity in diversity', traditional culture, cosmopolitan culture and rich heritage. This page contains information on China culture facts, such as symbols of China, arts, literature, folk-custom, calligraphy, science, technology, philosophy, medicine...

Kites (feng zheng), known in ancient China as zhiyuan (paper kites) or muyao (wooden kites), fall into two major groups-the Southern Group and the Northern Group. In South China, kites are usually called yaozi (harrier) or banyao (wooden harrier), while in North...

The Origin of Chinese NumbersNumbers came into use about 5,000 years ago in China. From “1” to “10” to hundred, thousand, ten thousand, the number system was complete even in Shang Dynasty and the decimal system even started since that time.Numbers are...

Chinese festivals are usually associated with special foods as well as fun (“heat and noise”). On this festival Chinese people prepare and eat Zongzi, and the excitement is provided by dragon boat race – hence the English name for the holiday. To understand...

During the Yuan Dyansty (1280–1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian people. Leaders from the preceding Song Dyansty (960-1280) were unhappy at submitting to the foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the rebellion without being discovered. The leaders of the...

Story goes that in the long past, there was one time when the Spring Festival came. In a rich man's house, a servant was putting up "Fu" (福) on the door. However, this servant was illiterate and did not know the word "fu". He happened to put...

A dragon boat is shaped like a dragon, and is brightly painted in red, white, yellow and black. Usually, a dragon boat is 20 to 40 meters long and needs several dozen people to row it. Boatmen row the boat in cadence with the drumbeats, as the captain standing...

The Chinese Knotting is a type of national handicrafts with long history and profound cultural connotations. It appeared in ancient times, developed in the Tang and Song dynasties (618 – 1279) and was popularized in Ming and Qing dynasty (1368 – 1911). The...